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August 16, 2026The Family JournalOpen Access

The Role of Mindful Parenting and Gender in Parenting Stress, Well-Being, and Mental Health

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TJT L JohnstonMRMyriam Rudaz

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Survey demonstrates that mindful parenting moderates parenting stress effects on anxiety and depression across genders, indicating targeted benefits for parental mental health.

Key Points

  • Investigate whether mindful parenting and parent gender moderate the relationships between parenting stress, subjective well-being, and mental health symptoms.
  • Surveyed 112 adult parents having at least one child under 18 years of age via an online questionnaire.
  • Conducted multiple regression analyses adjusted for household income, parental education level, number of children, and weekly time spent with children.
  • Mindful parenting and gender significantly moderated the effect of parenting stress on anxiety and depressive symptoms, with distinct patterns observed between mothers and fathers.
  • No moderating effects of mindful parenting were observed for associations between parenting stress and life satisfaction, positive affect, or negative affect.

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Johnston et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8179bcf2fb91fc834ad00fhttps://doi.org/10.1177/10664807261469174
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